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pack it to camp. We estimated the weight of the 
ewe at about 200 lb. 
By the time we reached the site chosen for 
camp the tents were up and a delicious cup of tea 
awaited us. Dinner followed very shortly, and 
after setting a line of traps for small quadrupeds 
we turned in. 
The following day we continued to hunt, but 
saw only two old rams all day. Two young 
sheep (two-year-olds), a ram and an ewe were shot 
by two of the party. These also came in handy 
for specimens, though their coats were in very 
poor condition. I bagged another roe-deer late in 
the afternoon. 
The third day was more propitious, at least 
for one member of the party, who was fortunate 
enough to secure a ram with a fine pair of horns. 
The lucky man was Brodie, who, with Warrington, 
was working the ridges to the south of our camp, 
while Schréder and I tried the higher country 
further west. They had sighted and followed 
for a considerable distance two old rams, but had 
at last given up the chase as hopeless, and were 
sitting on a ridge watching their quarry away 
across a wide valley. Suddenly the rams turned 
back and came full speed towards the ridge upon 
which sat the hunters. There was a small ravine 
on either side of this ridge. The rams entered the 
one on the right, and, having arrived opposite 
the two crouching men, stopped and stared back 
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